K-Net staff showcased a number of applications to the
Institute for Connectivity of the Americas' Hemispheric Advisory Board. Representatives from South and North America learned about
Cal Kenny's wilderness trip with the elders and their families up the Severn River and Jesse Fiddler's work with the
Native Language and
legends web sites. The value and investment from Industry Canada's programs including tthe First Nations Schoolnet program, FedNor, Smart, CAP, BRAND and NSI were highlighted by the different applications that were showcased.
KO Telehealth, the
Keewaytinook Internet High School, the
Grade 8 Supplementary program, the portals and other on-line services were presented to the board members.
The group were meeting in Ottawa at the Smart Central video conferencing facility. The entire session was webcast live and is now archived at
http://webcast.knet.ca/schoolnet. This archive includes a presentation by Gerald Chouinard from the Communications Research Centre (just skip the first 24
minutes of waiting for everyone).
The full version of the K-Net presentation is also available as a Windows Media version that is 47MB and is
available by clicking here.